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Thursday's Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Avis Budget, Dynatrace, Norfolk Southern, Paccar, Salesforce, Sherwin-Williams, Teva Pharmaceutical and More
October 28, 2021 8:51 am
Last Updated: October 28, 2021 2:56 pm
Salesforce.com Inc. (NYSE: CRM): This company has expanded through some rather large acquisitions in the last several years to help it diversify as it competes for dominance in the ever-growing cloud software market, says Zacks, which selected it as the Bull of the Day stock. Shares last closed at $295.15 and have a consensus price target of $314.64, which would be a 52-week high.
Sherwin-Williams Co. (NYSE: SHW): BofA Securities downgraded the paint leader to Neutral from Buy and has a $335 price target. The consensus target is $328.35. The stock closed on Wednesday at $317.38.
Summit Materials Inc. (NYSE: SUM): Wolfe Research started coverage with an Outperform rating and a $45 price target. The consensus target is $38.85. The final trade on Wednesday came in at $34.74.
Teradyne Inc. (NYSE: TER): Cowen upgraded the shares to Outperform from Market Perform and also lifted the target price to $150 from $135. The consensus target is $148.345. The stock closed Wednesday at $123.07, and it was up over 3% in the premarket.
Terminix Global Holdings Inc. (NYSE: TMX): As Baird downgraded the stock to Neutral from Outperform, it slashed the price target from $57 to $44. The consensus target is $55.13. The final trade for Wednesday was reported at $39.89, which was down almost 3% on the day.
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NASDAQ: TEVA): Raymond James downgraded the generic drug giant to Market Perform from Outperform. Over the past 52 weeks, shares have traded between $8.24 and $13.30, and they and have an $11.29 consensus price objective. That last trade Wednesday hit the tape at $8.93, which was down almost 5% for the day.
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Wednesday’s early top analyst upgrades and downgrades included Abbott Laboratories, Alphabet, Cloudflare, DraftKings, FuboTV, Microsoft and UPS. Analyst calls seen later in the day were on Microsoft, Robinhood, Twitter and more.
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